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    "landing_url": "https://nzinnumbers.co.nz/methodology",
    "licence": {
      "attribution": "Calculated by NZ in Numbers from the source datasets listed; please also credit those sources.",
      "checked_on": "2026-10-10",
      "evidence": "Our own calculations, released under CC BY 4.0. Input data keep their own licences (see inputs).",
      "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
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      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    },
    "name": "NZ in Numbers calculation",
    "organisation": "NZ in Numbers"
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  "title": "Average hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation",
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}